[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 7903]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend Lyle W. Lipps, Second Church of Christ, Nashport, Ohio, 
offered the following prayer:
  Father God in heaven, I pray to You today on behalf of our Nation's 
lawmakers and for the citizens they represent. I pray that You grant 
them a spirit of wisdom, insight and cooperation. I pray that You help 
them to serve this country in its best interests. I pray that we learn 
to love one another as citizens so that we might have peace and justice 
tempered with mercy. Thank You for the freedom that we have in this 
Nation. I thank You for those who have fought and died defending our 
country. I thank You for the protection and provision You have placed 
over us as Your blessings. May Your will be done as we seek to follow 
Your example in humble imitation. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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